The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Round up from the evidence team
Copyright: new policy
NHS Lanarkshire’s copyright policy has been updated and is available on the public website. The policy outlines actions staff are required to take if they are using materials owned by a third party or if they want to protect their own work materials under copyright. Your copyright champion for Lanarkshire is available and can help to answer any questions. Any copyright queries/questions should be logged on Service Now.
You will also find a number of standard forms and guides on the copyright page of FirstPort, including how to ensure you are using clinical tools within the law, the use of images, music and graphics.
Current awareness – doing the searching for you and keeping you up-to-date
Do you need to know what the latest research is on a topic ? Do you find it hard to keep up with the latest research in your specialist area? The evidence team already develop and prepare over 15 local current awareness bulletins and, in partnership with the other health boards in Scotland, can provide you access to the latest research for over 40 topics ranging from BBV to diabetes to health economics.
If your team would benefit from the service, please email the evidence team at libraries@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating your current awareness in the subject. You can find all the topics already covered in the Knowledge Network at: http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/cabs/topics.aspx
Coronavirus – access to research
In response to the outbreak in China, there is now free access to all Wiley published articles related to #coronavirus.
Access to medical and scientific articles includes research from the Journal of Medical Virology, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Zoonoses and Public Health and many more.
As new articles are published, they will be made free to access and added to the centralised resource of coronavirus research. This will remain open until April and extended as needed – https://secure.wiley.com/Coronavirus2020
For any queries on accessing the latest evidence on the coronavirus outbreak, email libraries@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
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